Recently Midwest Art Conservation Center was here testing pieces of our taxidermy for heavy metal and organic pesticides through an MNHS Heritage Partnership Program grant consisting of Lake of the Woods County Historical Society, Warroad Heritage Center, and Roseau County Historical Society. The assessment will focus on the use of pesticides and their potential hazard […]
Museum OPEN
The Roseau County Museum is OPEN The museum is open for visitors with a new gallery layout, exhibits, and a traveling exhibit. Regular hours are Monday – Friday, 9:30 – 5 pm. We are open Saturdays 11-4 pm while the traveling exhibit is here, March 13. Admission is free for the museum. We hope you […]
Smithsonian Exhibition displaying at the Roseau County Museum
Smithsonian Exhibition Exploring the American Workforce Coming to the Roseau County Museum What would life be like without teachers, doctors, or firefighters? Every day Americans are hard at work on farms, factories, in homes or at desks keeping our communities thriving. The Roseau County Museum will explore the professions and the people that sustain American […]
Roseau Stone Returns to Roseau County
Reprinted from the University of Minnesota article by Erik Moore, U of M Archivist. The museum decided to do a soft release of information about the Roseau Stone coming back to Roseau County. This is a great article explaining the history of the stone. Look for more details coming soon. It will be on display […]
Indoor Christmas Tree Walk
The 4th Annual Indoor Christmas Tree Walk Plans are well underway for the 2019 Indoor Christmas Tree Walk, scheduled to open the evening of November 25 and display through year-end. The tree walk will be inside the Roseau County Museum located in the Roseau City Center where it is warm and toasty so you can […]
Votes for Women, Ja! program
On October 26 at 1:30 pm the Roseau County Historical Society and Museum presents Jane Skinner Peck in: Votes for Women, Ja! a one-woman theatrical presentation and lecture tracing the pivotal contributions of Nordic immigrant suffragists to voting rights in Minnesota. Presenter Jane Peck is a choreographer, historian, writer, and professor. Her own female Norwegian […]
A Century of Civic Engagement Traveling Exhibit Opens
A Century of Civic Engagement: The League of Women Voters Minnesota The Minnesota Legislature finally voted YES on September 8, 1919, to ratify the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, granting women the right to vote and ending the 72-year struggle for woman suffrage. But as distinguished Minnesota suffragist Clara Ueland said that day, “Today […]
Indoor Christmas Tree Walk
Another great success for the second annual tree walk. It is always fun to see how each tree is uniquely decorated. We invite county organizations, groups, and businesses to decorate a tree for the tree walk. The museum has trees and lights available. All decorations are provided by the group. Visitors place money in boxes at […]
Innovators, Inventors and Entrepreneurs Exhibit
Visit the Innovators, Inventors and Entrepreneurs Exhibit in Minnesota’s Northwest at RCHS. This is a traveling exhibit created by the Minnesota Historic Northwest, which is a partnership of museums located in a 12 county region in Northwest Minnesota, including Roseau County. This exhibit is coming to Roseau County Museum in 2016 and tells the story […]